Before going down to the underground along the passage dug by Xu Yi, Liu Cong arranged for two team members to stay outside and monitor the surrounding situation. At the same time, he took out his satellite phone and made a call with the team members who were left behind in the Dragon Entwined Qinglian Mountain Range.

The people of the Dragon Digging Society were quietly monitoring Chen Benzhong's camp, and Chen Benzhong's people were not idle, they were also monitoring the every move of the more than 300 people of the Dragon Digging Society.

According to the people on the other side of the camp, there is no change in the people on both sides now, and the people of the Dragon Digging Society stay there honestly. Now that the people on both sides know each other's existence, there is nothing to hide, and the two groups of people are like camping collectively, cultivating themselves in that mountain range.

However, Chen Benzhong's men did not see Yoshioka Xiong and Pan Huayu appear, even if they were monitoring each other all the time, it was impossible to do everything, I don't know if these two people had been hiding in the tent and plotting something, or if there were some other conspiracy.

Although they didn't see these two people, Chen Benzhong's subordinates didn't see these two people leave, or if there were other members of the Dragon Digging Society leaving.

After listening to the report, Liu Cong frowned, he felt that something was not quite right in this matter.

Since his team secretly left the Dragon Entangled Qinglian Mountain Range, until now, nearly ten days have passed, and the people of the Dragon Digging Society are not fools, Pan Huayu and Yoshioka Xiong are both human spirits, it is impossible for these two people not to think that they used a trick to transfer flowers and trees.

After not seeing several generals under Chen Benzhong appear for ten days in a row, Yoshioka Xiong and Pan Huayu must have realized that something was wrong, but why did these two people not take action? Could it be that they used the same method, avoiding the eyes of the surveillance, and had already left the mountain range.

Thinking of this, Liu Cong hit a spirit, if this is really the case, where did the disappeared Yoshioka Xiong and Pan Huayu go? Could it be that he already knows the location of the Great Qing Dragon Vein, and is rushing here.

After shaking his head, Liu Cong felt that this idea was not quite valid. Even if Yoshioka Xiong and Pan Huayu realized that something was wrong, they only realized it two or three days after their group left, and it was impossible for these people to know the location of the Great Qing Dragon Vein, even if these two people disappeared, they would not necessarily come here.

In case the worst happens, these people really know the location of the Great Qing Dragon Vein and rush here, but the more than 300 people of the Dragon Digging Society are still in the Giant Dragon Entwined Qinglian Mountain Range, as long as the large army does not move, there will not be many people brought by Yoshioka Xiong and Pan Huayu, and their team will still be able to deal with it.

Although Liu Cong feels that the probability of the worst possibility is very low, he must also be fully prepared, and he must not take it lightly at this time, otherwise it is very likely that the dragon will take advantage of it.

After following the excavated passage into the crack in the formation, the team did not rush forward, but stayed in place for a while, carefully observing the environment.

This fracture is about two meters wide and three meters high, the cross-section of the crack is triangular, the top is very sharp, and the stone walls on both sides are squeezed together. That's why the soil layer above didn't collapse.

I don't know if it's everyone's luck is too good, or Chen Benzhong's positioning skills are too strong, the shaft dug by Xu Yi, the rolling dragon, is directly connected to this crack in the formation.

The stone walls on both sides of the crack are relatively regular, and the gravel on them should have been artificially cleaned up, although the stone walls have not been polished, they are still very smooth.

This crack in the formation is crooked, and I don't know how long it is, after shining a flashlight beam at both ends of the crack, Chen Benzhong took out a compass and kept comparing the directions.

The moment Chen Benzhong took out the compass, Chen Ziyang recognized it, and this compass was the one he saw in the three exhibition cabinets when he first went to Chen Benzhong's office. This time, Chen Benzhong not only went out in person, but also brought out all the compasses that he had sealed for decades.

"The range of the hole eye of this treasure cave is very large, and this place should already be within the range of the hole eye. The mountain here is very solid, so I estimate that if you want to build a dragon vein dungeon, it will definitely be built in such an environment, and only such a mountain space can carry the weight of the soil above the dungeon and not collapse.

And the mountain cracks here have obviously been artificially repaired, and we won't be too far from the underground palace, as long as we follow the cracks and find a huge underground space, it is very likely that the dragon vein underground palace is located. ”

After saying this, Chen Benzhong put the dog oil candle he lit into an open glass cover, hung it on his waist, and directed the team to move forward.

After turning around, the team followed this crack in the formation to another, wider crack, the scale of this crack was much larger than the one everyone walked on, the width of the crack was seven or eight meters, and the height was almost the same.

These two cracks are distributed in a herringbone shape, and it is clear that the crack that everyone walked through before is just a small fork on this large crack.

The ground of this relatively wide crack was covered with a fine layer of sand and dust, but the walls on both sides of the mountain were still very smooth, even smoother than the previous one.

"Hehe, it seems that my speculation is correct, there should indeed be a relatively large underground space here, otherwise this crack would not be so wide. I think this crack is supposed to be the one that transported materials during the construction of the Dragon Vein Dungeon. With such a big discovery, Chen Benzhong's face was full of smiles.

"Godfather, why didn't the builders block this passage after the construction of the Dragon Vein Underground Palace was completed, isn't it dangerous to do so? In case someone strays here, they may be able to find the location of the Dragon Vein Dungeon along here. Liu Cong asked in surprise.

"Silly boy, this just proves that this passage leads to the Dragon Vein Dungeon, and it is impossible for the builders to block such a passage. Don't forget, in the dungeon, in addition to the dragon veins, there are also a lot of treasures.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the treasures plundered from the customs were transported outside the customs and buried in the dragon vein underground palace. Their idea is very simple, if they can't gain a foothold in the Central Plains, they can also rely on these treasures to develop outside the pass, so these treasures are likely to be taken out, if they block the road to the underground palace, it is very laborious to take away the treasures inside.

And I estimate that all the means of defense should be placed in the dungeon, even if someone strays into this passage and finds the location of the dungeon, they can't easily enter it, and the treasures inside are still very safe, so there is no point in blocking it or not.

We only walked so far that we found two mountain cracks, maybe there are so many cracks here, they can't block every crack, in that case, it's better not to block them, and directly use the defense means in the dungeon to protect the dragon veins and treasures. ”

It may be because of the underground water source here, the cracks are relatively wet, and a lot of sand, gravel and soil on the ground are condensed together.

The light from the dog oil candle hanging on Chen Benzhong's waist is still yellow-red, and it seems that there is no problem with the air quality here for the time being, and the air quality monitor in the hands of Liu Cong's team members does not make an alarm sound.

After checking their position again, the team continued along the wide crack. After a while, the team member who was walking in front of the path suddenly stopped, and then he slowly turned his head, with panic in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Liu Cong hurried two steps forward, came to the side of the team member, and asked anxiously.

"On the ground...... There seemed to be footprints on the ground...... "The team member said with a shudder.

"Footprints! How can there be footprints here? Hearing the words of this team member, everyone in the team was puzzled, Yang Lei and Umbrella Shishuai glanced at each other, and then looked at Chen Ziyang on the side, and the three of them couldn't understand the reason.

The group came to where the team member was standing, leaning down to look at the ground.

Although the crack was very wet, the ground in front of the team member was very dry, not eroded by water vapor, and the sand and dirt on the ground did not solidify together, and a few faint footprints were imprinted on the dirt.

These footprints are very shallow, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all, only by shining forward with the flashlight, you can vaguely see that there is a series of traces that are incompatible with the ground here, and only after careful identification can you see that these marks are the shape of footprints.

After "......" saw that this was indeed a series of footprints, everyone gasped, what the hell was going on.

"Could it be that someone has been here before us?" Liu Cong came up with such an idea and said it casually.

Chen Benzhong did not answer, but lay his whole body on the ground, staring at the nearest footprint to look carefully, and then he stood up again, walked a few steps next to this footprint, leaving two footprints.

Although the footprints left by Chen Benzhong are not very clear, it is obvious that his footprints are very different from the footprints on the ground, and the difference is immediately apparent when compared with the two.

"Judging by the depth of the footprints, these footprints should have been here for many years, probably more than a few decades.

The dust in the crack had already fallen, and someone had passed by here, leaving this trail of footprints. Because there was no dust to continue to fall, and the environment here was relatively closed, the footprints were not covered by the new falling dust, so they remained here. ”

After studying for a long time, Chen Benzhong came to such a conclusion.

"Decades? If it was really a few decades, could it be during the War of Resistance Against Japan? Could it be that the Dragon Digging Society had already discovered this place and sent people here? ”

After saying this, Liu Cong felt that he was a little speechless. It is impossible for the Dragon Digging Society to know the exact location of this place, otherwise they would not have made such great efforts to find the dragon vein treasure of the Great Qing Dynasty.

The purpose of the establishment of the Dragon Digging Society is to find the dragon vein treasure of the Qing Dynasty, which has been the case since the founder of the Dragon Digging Society, Yoshioka Yasunao, was in power, and it has not changed for so many years, and for so many years, the Dragon Digging Society has been working hard with this goal under the leadership of the Yoshioka family.

"It can't be from the Dragon Digging Society, so who is here? There seemed to be only a string of footprints on the ground, and perhaps someone had strayed into it. ”

"Yes, but have you noticed, the footprints on the ground are only forward, not returning, that is, either the person died in the dungeon, or left somewhere else.

Although I don't know what happened to this person, judging from the length of this person's stride, he walked very firmly, as if he knew where he was going, and did not move forward in a search-like way like ours.

It is very likely that this person knows that there is a dragon vein underground palace ahead, and his destination is there, so he will walk so firmly. Since this set of footprints leads to the Dragon Vein Dungeon, we just need to follow this series of footprints to find the location of the Dragon Vein Dungeon. ”

When other people saw this set of footprints, they were thinking about who left them and why they left them here, but Chen Ziyang's idea was different, and he deduced something from this set of footprints that others had not noticed.

After Chen Ziyang's reminder, the others noticed that the people who left the footprints were very consistent, and they were striding forward, and only those who were in a hurry would leave such footprints.

"Do you know that there is a dragon vein underground palace in front of you......" Chen Benzhong muttered to himself, the light in his eyes flickered, as if he had thought of a lot of things.

"Don't worry about it for now, continue to walk in the direction of the footprints, and see if you can find other footprints, maybe the Dragon Vein Dungeon is really ahead."

After giving the order, Chen Benzhong led the team to continue to walk forward, but after the matter of the footprints just now, everyone in the team was thinking about a lot of things, plus the need to be distracted to find the footprints on the ground, the speed of the team's progress was much slower.

Just as Chen Benzhong had speculated before, there were many other cracks on both sides of this wide crack, but the width of these cracks was not worth mentioning, and some of them were only a few fingers wide. Therefore, there is only one direction in which everyone is moving for the time being.

However, no other footprints were found along the way, and the further you went, the more humid the air became, and the ground was so wet that some water droplets were already dripping down from the top of the crack. Faintly, everyone heard the sound of water coming from the front.

(End of chapter)